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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/opinion/sunday/conservatives-are-happier-and-extremists-are-happiest-of-all.html?_r=3&hp

I'm guessing libertarianism fits under the "extremist" category.

Liberals can't into graphs.

What about the girl who shot up a bunch of children on a playground because she didn't like Mondays?

Funny thing is I just started to listen to The Boomtown Rats again.

Speaking as an undergrad in Electrical Engineering:
Lab skills and being able to think on your feet and improvise would have helped me a LOT in the Electric Circuits Lab course I took.
Also, being able to handle math at the higher level (not just analytically, but also understand the proofs, should they be given to you) tends to be helpful.
More likely than not, you'll use software (PSpice for designing electrical circuits to test and MATLAB to design filters and write programs to help solve problems).

Being able to collaborate and work in groups both in labs and on assignments in both person and from distance (phone, e-mail, etc) is also very important.

As for intelligence, I guess it helps, but then, I'm not a psychology double major.  As long as you pass your general studies requirements, you should be fine in other areas besides the usual math/science stuff.
It definitely helps to excel in math and science (and hands on building stuff: e.g. knowing how to fix a car or whatever; depending on what type of engineering you're thinking of going into) as well.
I would recommend trying to get into an internship or co-op to get your foot in the door in college if you can.

Yeah Electrical Engineering is definitely the top choice I want to go into but before I do I want to get my hands on a syllabus or something so I can get more of an idea of what I have to face.

What constitutes 'intelligence' and how does one go about becoming more intelligent?
Is it IQ scores? Grades? Being proficient and excelling at a certain subject?

I have a notable inferiority complex when it comes to this and I find it intimidating when someone has vastly superior knowledge. I envy these people and I want to learn what they know but it irritates me ever so much because I don't even know where to start. How can I measure my intelligence and my standing relative to the rest of the population?
I did shit in high school and I'm repeating some of my subjects. I'm getting excellent marks so far but honestly I don't see myself getting far anywhere in life. I plan to major in engineering in university but do I have what it takes? If it's not too much of a bother can some of you tell me what I should expect in university if any of you are taking engineering courses?

Sorry I just needed to vent.

Weather/Disaster/Emergency

Wow you can never know what will happen when those illegal immigrant AL-qaeda terrorist gangs get their hands on a 'mudslide' or an 'erosion'. Think of the consequences.

Well the next logical step is to watermark the entire movie so it wouldn't matter. Because you know, we all love to be nagged at and humiliated like the masochists we are.

http://rt.com/news/us-military-presence-iran-419/

Fuck quotes just click the link.

I just read the title as 'Glenn Greenwald  Strip searches Obama'

I got all excited....

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What does one think? How would these 'stupid' people adapt to the rapid acceleration of technology?

I'm also a tad bit paranoid to some degree I'll admit. You guys are good with computers are you not?
I don't want to start a new thread but is there any other way to detect rootkits, spyware without the use of anti-virus just in case AVG doesn't pick up on it?

Is there any way to see if someone is going through my computer?

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I was being serious, you know.

I expect nothing less.

I'm 22. granted, I didn't grow up in the west, but I'm still 22.

It was sort of a joke.

still doesn't make sense. it just makes people look stupid and weird.

Maybe to you it does but to us young generation folks its not odd to see some attention-whoring scene girl/guy to have 1000 friends for an ego boost. Even if they aren't doing it to get attention it has practically become a norm just to add random people you meet at parties and other places.
You'll understand as you grow younger and you're at my age...
oh wait.